ALTENEW INSPIRATION CHALLENGE (Feb '22)

 TI love the gorgeous picture, with lovely fresh colours for this month's Altenew Challenge. so I was inspired to create this card...

I stamped Altenew Pen Sketched Flowers on the white card and coloured with diluted Karin Markers. I scribbled the marker on my palette and picked up with a watercolour brush. I shaded the flowers with Zig markers -  the lightest shade of blue and green.  Then I used the gorgeous Spellbinders Venise Lace Hemstitch Die.  The sentiment is from the same stamp set. 

To finish I mounted on a black base card and added some sequins. 

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I loved this colour combo so much, I made another card, this time on Baohong Watercolour paper and using Daniel Smith Watercolours as well as Karin Markers. 

I used Altenew Beautiful Day for this card. I may add a sentiment at a later date, but like to leave some cards blank for flexibility. A bit of fussy cutting was involved and the rectangle die is Penny Black Antique Frame.

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Watercolour Play & Masculine Belated Birthday

 Hi there! Just sharing a few more makes that I haven't got around to posting. 

So this one was just for fun, because I was playing with Daniel Smith Watercolours. 

I then stamped the wildflowers and foliage, but I had to go over it with black marker, because the watercolour paper was so rough. I then added highlights with white gel pen. 

Stamps: Stampers Annonymous 

I used Distress Ink to stamp the balloon. I blendded the inks with water on the cling stamp and a bit more on the paper. 

Stamps: Hampton Art Hot Air Balloon; CASual Friday Some Bunny

Die: Penny Black

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Happy Little Stampers Watercolour Challenge (August)

 Hello there Crafty Friends! It's time for a new challenge at Happy Little Stampers Watercolour. 

The theme is always 'Anything Goes', so you can get out your watercolour paints, inks or your preferred medium and make whatever you like.

We have been back in Lockdown for the last couple of weeks and I've been missing our Beach House, so I was inspired to make this card...

The stamp is an old wood-mount from a defunct Australian company - Stamp It. They made great stamps and I miss them. 

I stamped on Baohong Cold Pressed Paper and coloured with Daniel Smith Water-colours and Karin Markers. 

The sentiment is from Stampers Annonymous.

I scratched up the inside of the Dinghy to make it look derelict. 

You can see more inspiration from the design team over at our HLS Challenge Blog and we hope you'll join us with your watercolour creations.

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52 CHRISTMAS CARD THROWDOWN (July COLOUR)

  Hi there! I'm back with another card for 52 Christmas Card Throwdown. This week Andreja M, our host,  Has given us a gorgeous and festive colour combo with which to create.

I went really bold this week!!!

I made an Ombre style wash with Daniel Smith Watercolours on Arches Watercolour paper. When dry, I splattered Altenew Metallic Paint. Then I mounted the die-cut sentiment with dimensional tape and placed it on a white card base. 

Die: Penny Black Star Noel

I hope you'll visit the 52 Christmas Card Throwdown blog to see what the rest of the team created with these colours and then be inspired to join in the challenge!

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More Rain

 Well not in real life! It's a lovely sunny day, but I made another 'rain' themed card, with another stamp from Colorado Crafts.

To begin I stamped and embossed the image and masked with masking fluid. I then made a wash with Daniel Smith Watercolours. When dry, I rubbed off the masking fluid and coloured the image with Zig Markers. She's wearing a High Vis jacket - I used a bit of flouro. 

Stamps:- CC Lovely Legs -'Sympathy'; Taylored Expressions 'Over the Rainbow'

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Whatever the Weather

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Watercolour Sunday

 Another week in lockdown comes to an end. It was very warm today. I use an upstairs room when I craft and it's starting to get a bit uncomfortable, so I might not be making as many cards I have been. 

Today I made another card for The Flower Challenge. I had several attempts with Prismacolor Pencils, but I wasn''t happy, so I reverted to what I know best. 

I stamped the image with Versafine Clair Ink on Baohong Watercolour Paper and coloured with Daniel Smith Watercolours and Zig Markers.

Stamp: Concord & 9th Hello Lovely

I decided to leave it without a sentiment as I've been asked to make some blank cards. 

I'm sharing at the following challenges:-

                  KRAFTY CHICKS CHALLENGE (CLEAN AND SIMPLE)

ALLSORTS (MY LOVELY GARDEN)

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Going Round in Circles

 I have a watercolour card to share, which I thoroughly enjoyed making.

I stamped 5 circles from a very old Prima Marketing set and white embossed on Arches 300gsm smooth Watercolour paper.  I then painted a wash witrh Daniel Smith Watercolour paint, making it lighter in the outer circles. Next I stamped the PB butterfly with the DS watercolours direct to stamp and highlighting with white gel pen.  The sentiment is made with a SSS die. 

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Going Round in Circles

Things with Wings

I'm also entering my card in the Happy Little Stampers Watercolour DT Call.

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A Bit of Sparkle

Hi there. I'm back with an old favourite.  This stamp is just so beautiful. 

I used Daniel Smith Watercolour paints and Twinkling H2Os directly on the stamp and then blended on the card. 

Stamps: Penny Black 'Gentle Whisper', 'Sprinkle & Smiles'.

I'm sharing at the following challenges:-

Penny Black and More

Say it with Flowers

Tuesday Throwdown

Ink Splatters

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A Winter Bouquet

I spent far too much time trying to perfect this card. I thought I'd try this technique I saw Kassi use, which is to clear emboss and then add a bit of foil detail. I wasn't really happy with the result and trew it in the bin (trash), but then I changed my mind and this is my card ...

I stamped the main image from Altenew 'Pen Sketched Flowers', clear embossed and then passed it through a laminator with pink gold Deco Foil.  I haven't done this with embossing powder before and as Kassi points out, this method of foiling DOES NOT create PERFECT foiled lines, but I found that the foiling is more raised like embossing. I coloured the image with Zig Markers to get a Sepia look. 

The leaves were embossed with a mixture of blue and green embossing powder, so you can see a difference in the colours of all the leaves. I then decided to add a bit more foliage from my 'un-finished stash'.  I used a We R Memories embossing folder for the white panel and passed it through vertically and horizontally.  The vase was coloured with Daniel Smith Watercolor paint to echo the look of the wooden bowls in the inspiration picture. 

Stamps:- Altenew 'Pen Sketched Flowers', 'Garden Silhouette', 'Beautiful Day' and 'Versatile Vases'.

Die: LawnFawn 'Celebrate'

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Flowers all Over

http://cascoloursandsketches.blogspot.com/2020/07/cas-colours-sketches-380-colors.html

I've used the blue & green powders in the embossed leaves

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Altenew Inspiration Challenge (July)

I had several ideas for for this month's challenge. This is the first one, inspired by the shelf and rustic white background ...

I swiped a bit of Altenew ink over the embossing and spritzed before embossing. I used Daniel Smith Watercolours to colour the stamped images. 

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Twofer Guest Design Gig

I'm so honoured and very excited to be one of the Guest Designers for the Twofer Card Challenge this month. This is one of my favourite challenges because it makes us stretch our products and be extra creative. Thanks for inviting me Darnell!

The prompt this month is 'CIRCLES/BUBBLES'...

I remembered a stamp set I purchased several years ago from Clearly Besotted,  that I just had to have, but remained neglected until now:)

The stamp set is called 'Scientifically Speaking' and I used the bubbles in both cards.  

I recently treated myself to some expensive Watercolour paper and a sample set from Daniel Smith, so I thought I'd test some of the colours on my cards. I love the organic feel to these paints.

Card 1/ Stamps: Clearly Besotted 'Scientifically Speaking'; MFT 'Otterly Love You'; Kaisercraft (seaweed)

I stamped the bubbles several times, using a Zig Marker, with a bit of masking.  

Card 2/ Clearly Besotted 'Scientifically Speaking'; Altenew 'Garden Grow'

This time I stamped and white embossed the bubbles. I didn't think they stood out very well against the background, so I outlined the bubbles with a black marker. The shelf is part of the table image from the Altenew stamp set.

Here are the rules...

I hope that you will visit the  Twofer Card Challenge blog to see more inspiration and join us in this month's challenge!

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